Cadogan Guide Lombardy & the Italian Lakes

by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls

Book Overview

The first ever guide to this area gets to grips with Milan, international mecca of fashion and shopping, with its awesome art collections and world-famous La Scala opera house. The economic powerhouse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860113222
• ISBN13: 9781860113222
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Lombardy

This book very in depth with historical background to the Italian lakes district and Lombardy region, so vital if you are going to visit the area. Villages, market days, sightseeing, how to get around etc., all covered in this book, I'll be taking it with me to Lombardy!!! Well worth the purchase.

The Best of the Bunch

I bought 4 books for our trip to the lake region and this was by far the most useful. Granted it does not include specific information about hours and costs for museums and sites, but we found that most of that information in the other books was out of date anyway. Use it with another guide if you need that. This book gives detailed background information on each area with history and culture, which gives you a great head start on your appreciation of the places you visit. We also found that it included some out-of-the-way places not in the other guides and really appreciated the personal opinons. Restaurants we tried on their recommendation were excellent, compared to the mixed results when we picked on our own. No guide is perfect, but this one comes very close, and the coming 5th edition may be even closer!